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Microsoft trust skepticism driving Linux migration and Outlook avoidance

March 20, 2026r/privacy

In r/privacy, Microsoft is treated as inherently untrustworthy due to telemetry, pushing some toward Linux and away from Outlook, with blunt claims that Microsoft products will exfiltrate credentials or data.

I just migrated to Linux as I was sick of Microsoft. And now this?
It's a Microsoft product and Microsoft make an operating system that constantly phones home so I wouldn't trust anything from them.
Outlook uploadc your email + password to Microsoft, dont use it
I am not skilled enough to do workarounds. I am just happy my steam games and Libre Office works.
How good / bad is Outlook for privacy?
r/privacy
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